> I can keep answering this question over and over again in different ways, but I'm not sure how to make this simpler to understand. The lack of understanding

> I can keep answering this question over and over again in different ways, but I'm not sure how to make this simpler to understand. The lack of understanding is all yours, as you've managed to conflate the developers with the users of Lemmy - is it really just them on this alternative to Reddit? I also wonder why the hostility within a network goes up as the hate speech goes down, it seems counterproductive. > Think about the last time you were curt with someone - do you believe that it is indicative of your general attitude, or indicative of your attitude because of some extenuating circumstances? If you were their lawyer or their dad I would understand this need to come up with an excuse, but you're not. > Can you please collect some other issue threads on the same or a similar topic that you believe establishes a pattern of behavior? I could try but I already have evidence of hostility that backs up my claim, why would I start working to satisfy a different claim that you'd like to make on my behalf, presumably for your benefit here, when I asked you to back up your claim but you've provided nothing? That makes no sense. There's something like 10 days to respond to a comment on HN so you can still do it. > you claim that their lack of alignment with your idea of "free speech" You mean, the standard idea given by those who support free speech? Yes, that idea. > makes this not a federated project Reddit also has servers that talk to each other but won't allow others to join its network that it doesn't control, it's not considered federated either.